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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by lowleveldrone on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @09:46AM (#12684294)
There are over 250 species of bird present for at least part of the year in the city where I live, which has a population of 880000.
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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by jp_sc on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @10:49AM (#12684885)
Rats with wings
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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by mikestew on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:28PM (#12685893)
He said "birds" not "bats". If you're going to be snarky, at least get the classification right.
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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by vkou on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:16PM (#12686355)
He may have been referring to pigeons. Rats with wings is an apt metaphor.
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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by yareally on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:08PM (#12686935)
Pigeons only account for one of those 200+ species the OP mentioned though (unless they live in one of those regions with the native Band-Tailed Pigeons). That particular kind of pigeon that everyone loathes (European Rock Pigeons) aren't even native to the New World and are an evasive species.

Ironically, they're in the decline in their natural habitat while thriving in North/South America. The Americas has a few native pigeons, but none are as well known or wide spread as the Rock Pigeon. Quite a few pigeon species are also far from the ugly "rats with wing" stereotype[1], but they don't live in Europe or North America.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_crowned_pigeon

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Re:The Killer Cats Are Winning by TheDrizzle43 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:56PM (#12686159)
He's talking about pigeons.
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